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John Alieu Carew is a Norwegian actor and former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was capped 91 times and scored 24 goals for the Norway national team. At club level, he played professionally for football clubs in Norway, Spain, Italy, Turkey, France and England.
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Born 5 September 1979 · Q192986
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I'm looking forward to the challenge and I am happy to be here. Although I had other offers, I saw Stoke as the best team and the strongest team, so this is a great chance for me to join a side fighting in the top half of the table. The important thing now is to make the most of this opportunity
Won: Football League Championship play-offs with West Ham United (2012).
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“I'm looking forward to the challenge and I am happy to be here. Although I had other offers, I saw Stoke as the best team and the strongest team, so this is a great chance for me to join a side fighting in the top half of the table. The important thing now is to make the most of this opportunity”
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Yahoo UK & Ireland: John Carew was scarier than Craig Bellamy' Ex-Liverpool man John Arne Riise on the former teammates he infamously fell out with
Carew played the role of an early Spotify investor in the TV series The Playlist
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Carew formally requested that the authorities register him as living in Norway; the tax authorities had requested his arrest a short time before that
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Carew played the role of Jungle Warrior in the Disney's dark fantasy adventure film, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil alongside Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning and Chiwetel Ejiofor
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Carew starred in the successful Norwegian TV-series, Heimebane, playing as Michael Ellingsen, an aging star footballer for a local Norwegian club
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And 299 days, 282 days and 289 days in other years
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Used between 900 and 1000 times in Norway—mostly at golf courses
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Carew starred in his first feature film, a Canadian horror called Dead of Winter
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Won: Football League Championship play-offs with West Ham United (2012).
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In 2012 Carew was declared bankrupt following a petition by HM Revenue and Customs.
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Carew was declared bankrupt following a petition by HM Revenue and Customs
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Runner-up: FA Cup with Stoke City (2010–11).
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Played for Stoke City F.C. (2011–2011) — 10 appearances, 1 goals.
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Played for West Ham United F.C. (2011–2012) — 19 appearances, 2 goals.
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Express & Star: John Carew's one big regret
Runner-up: Football League Cup with Aston Villa (2009–10).
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Won award: Kniksen of the Year (2008).
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Won award: Kniksen of the Year (2007).
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Played for Aston Villa F.C. (2007–2011) — 113 appearances, 114 goals.
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Won the French Ligue 1 with Lyon (2005-2006).
Won the French Trophée des Championnes with Lyon (2006).
Won: Trophée des Champions with Lyon (2006).
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Won: Ligue 1 with Lyon (2005–06).
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Won the French Trophée des Championnes with Lyon (2005).
Awarded Kniksen of the Year (2005).
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Won: Trophée des Champions with Lyon (2005).
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Won award: Kniksen of the Year (2005).
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And 2006 he was living in Norway, when in fact he had moved from Norway in 2000 and not moved back
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When Siem was Director of Football in Vålerenga, that Carew would return to Vålerenga in 2012
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Played for Olympique Lyonnais (2005–2007) — 35 appearances, 10 goals.
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John Carew has a son born in 2004 who lives with his mother in Norway.
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Played for Beşiktaş J.K. (Football) (2004–2005) — 24 appearances, 13 goals.
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Played for AS Roma (2003–2004) — 20 appearances, 6 goals.
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Joined Roma in 2003.
“fortunes after they ended the 2003-04 season in a disappointing third place. Former Real Madrid coach Vicente del Bosque recently replaced Romanian Mircea Lucescu as coach of the Turkish team. Carew played for Norwegian clubs Valerenga and Rosenborg before moving to Valencia in 2000, where he spent three seasons before his loan spell at Roma. Carew returned to Norway”
“Eccles' Model of the Self Controlling Its Brain : The Irrelevance of Dualist-Interactionism”
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Won the Spanish La Liga with Valencia (2001-2002).
Won: La Liga with Valencia (2001–02).
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And West Bromwich Albion had a bid rejected by Valencia
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Runner-up: UEFA Champions League with Valencia (2000–01).
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Joined Valencia in 2000.
Played for Valencia CF (2000–2004) — 84 appearances, 20 goals.
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Awarded Karoline Award (1999).
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Joined Rosenborg in 1999.
Played for Rosenborg BK (1999–2000) — 17 appearances, 18 goals.
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Played for Norway men's national association football team (1998–2011) — 91 appearances, 24 goals.
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Won the Norwegian Cupen with Vålerenga (1997).
Won: Norwegian Cup with Vålerenga (1997).
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And in the same year Carew was a part of the team that gained promotion to Tippeligaen and won the Norwegian Football Cup
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Played for Norway national under-18 association football team (1997–1997) — 5 appearances, 5 goals.
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Played for Norway national under-21 association football team (1997–2000) — 24 appearances, 8 goals.
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Joined Vålerenga in 1997.
Played for Vålerenga Fotball (1997–1999) — 43 appearances, 19 goals.
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Played for Norway national under-16 association football team (1996–1996) — 2 appearances, 2 goals.
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Played for Norway national under-17 association football team (1996–1997) — 3 appearances, 1 goals.
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Joined Lørenskog in 1995.
Played for Norway national under-15 association football team (1995–1995) — 7 appearances, 5 goals.
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“A unitary hypothesis of mind-brain interaction in the cerebral cortex”
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Born 1979-09-05.
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for their discoveries concerning the ionic mechanisms involved in excitation and inhibition in the peripheral and central portions of the nerve cell membrane.
fortunes after they ended the 2003-04 season in a disappointing third place. Former Real Madrid coach Vicente del Bosque recently replaced Romanian Mircea Lucescu as coach of the Turkish team. Carew played for Norwegian clubs Valerenga and Rosenborg before moving to Valencia in 2000, where he spent three seasons before his loan spell at Roma. Carew returned to Norway
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